Shiory stirred and woke well into the next day, her amber eyes gazed around, and pushing the soft blankets off of her she sat up and placed a hand on her head

"I feel sick..." she muttered something cool touched her forehead and she moved her hand; a silver ring with a ruby on it graced her middle finger

"What is this?" she muttered touching it lightly She remembered the conversation with lord Izumie the night before but nothing before that

"He said I hit my head..." she said softly then stood she was dressed in a gold colored silk night gown. Hanging on one of the posts was a sheer robe which she pulled close over her thin frame, her bear feet padded quietly across the room to a large door, she pushed it open slowly and stepped out

"I'm sure if I look around my memories will come back to me." She said softly to herself and stepped past the door and out into the hall.

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Dark eyes watched the demoness wander around the estate pale lips curling into a smile

"Beautiful, just like the goddess." He muttered softly

"You will take her place, as you were meant to do, and this time you have no one to protect you from taking the power of the goddess and becoming my bride." An inhuman laugh filled the air and he returned to watch the oblivious woman.

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She had been wandering around for a hour no one else was around, the place looked as if it had been furnished in a hurry, things were oddly jumbled together in some rooms

"Must be storage rooms" Shiory thought in explanation for the odd sights. Eventually she reached a hall were one whole side was lined with windows, her face lit up as sun cascaded through white sheer curtains and spilled across the marble floors. Running to look out the windows she gasped in amazement at the beautiful rose garden below her

"Little girl do you know why roses are red?" She blinked, the memory was short a flash of a little girl with cat ears and a tail standing before blood red roses as an older man hovered away from her, telling her why rose were red

"They were drenched with blood when the goddess sacrificed herself for her beloved... using the great sword..." Shiory said her eyes blanking for a moment the world melted around her and she collapsed to the ground black hair and golden silk pooling around her in contrast.

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D was riding slowly through the woods, ghouls littered the place, so far all of them had been women

'That explains why they haven't returned to their village." Left hand said as another one launched from a tree and attack them only to be sliced in half

'The vampire must have bound them to the woods, and because it's so dense they don't have to worry about the sun light.' The parasite continued D nodded in a agreement

'D say something, why won't you talk to me?' Left hand demanded finally D frowned but didn't respond

'For peat's sake D she's gone, I didn't drive her away, if anything, you did (Which I'm rather proud of by the way) so don't keep up with this silent treatment because I'm no-'

"Quiet." The word was a simple command but hand obeyed, this was the first word D had directed at him in a while

The trees thinned out abruptly and they road onto a well kept lawn, the grounds were amazingly well kept, a few human women working on keeping the ground well cared for, their eyes were vacant but they were still human.

As D road closer to the large estate one of the women finally spotted him, dropping her things she ran to the others who all looked up fearfully and then followed her and dashed into the house

'Well that was strange..." left hand muttered

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A little while later she stirred her head cleared a little of the memory that had broken through to her, sitting up she rubbed her head and looked around

"My head hurts..." she muttered softly and stood as she did her left ear twitched, the sound of many feet running Looking up she faced the far end of the hall then the door burst open and many fearful women flooded in

"Mistress! There is a stranger dark stranger on a horse with in the ground of the estate he has a large sword on his back and is very frightening!" One of the women cried, Shiory frowned the girl looked half to tears

"Show me, I'll handle it." She said evenly the girl smiled

"Oh thank you mistress." She said Shiory smiled and nodded the girl walked ahead leading Shiory through a maze of passageways before they finally made it to the front hall, D was already inside looking around when Shiory appeared at the top of a grand stair case draped in gold her arms crossed her eyes narrowed as one of the women coward behind her

"Why are you here?" she demanded D frowned

"We could ask you the same question Demon, Did you steal our money?" Left hand demanded Shiory frowned

"You have a parasite, you should get rid of it, I can't imagine its good for your health. Now what do you mean steal your money?" She demanded D stared at her in shock, those were almost the exact same word she had said when they first met

"Let Me guess you killed the vampire and made this your new home, and made the girls your slaves." Left hand snapped Shiory frowned

"What are you talking about!" she demanded the cowering girl stepped forward in a spurt of bravery

"How dare you speak to Mistress that way trespasser!" after these bold words she jumped back behind Shiory and shook

"Mistress is that what you have then calling you?" left hand said sneer evident in his voice Shiory frowned

"Why are you doing that? Talking to me like you know me?" she demanded left hand faltered in what he had been about to say D still couldn't find his voice, what was wrong with her

"Have you forgotten him already?" Left hand yelled Shiory shook her head

"I-I don't remember... I..." she grabbed her forehead

"St-stop it!" she yelled suddenly a strong wind filled the room and Shiory collapsed back in to awaiting male hands carefully he lifter her bridle style and gazed coolly down at D

"You're upsetting my bride, who are you?" the vampire demanded D frowned

"I am D the Vampire hunter." He said simply taking in every aspect of the vampire who held Shiory in his arms, his hair was inky black cascading past his shoulder his eyes glittered crimson and he wore aristocratic clothing

"A dunpeal how amusing, what is it you want? To kill me? You have some nerve." He said sharply D frowned

"Release Shiory What have you done to her?' he asked calmly the vampire smirked

"Her memories were hurting her so I got rid of them, she was in so much pain, you hurt her you know, she wanted freedom from what she was, I have given that to her..." he said with a sadistic smile. He pulled Shiory's face up a little and placed a quick kiss on her lips his eyes on D, what ever reaction he was hoping for, he didn't get it, D remained motionless

"I have been hired to kill you, that is my job here." He said simply the vampire smirked

"Hm and I thought you were here to save this girl, oh well, either way I can't let you leave here alive."